Blest, Blest Forever

Only a little while

Sowing and reap­ing

Only a little while

Our vigil keep­ing;

Then we shall ga­ther home

No more to sev­er

Clasped in eter­nal love

Best

blest for­ev­er.

Blest

blest for­ev­er

No more to sev­er

Clasped in eter­nal love

Blest

blest for­ev­er.

Only a lit­tle while

Heartbreak and sor­row

Dark though the night may be

Cloudless the mo­rrow;

Only a lit­tle while

Earth ties to sev­er

Then in our Fa­ther land

Blest

blest for­ev­er.

Only a lit­tle while

Shadow and sad­ness

Then in eter­ni­ty

Sunshine and glad­ness;

Only a lit­tle while

Then o’er the riv­er

Home

rest and vic­tor palm

Life

joy for­ev­er.